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Riding the No. 10 Bus in Atlanta

It’s hard to raise money for the poor living in the suburbs, where poverty is less visible than it is in the city, says Jeri Barr, director of a Cobb-based nonprofit. “People want to believe they live in a perfect world,” she explains. And in Atlanta’s sprawling suburbs, where it’s easy to ignore the rising tide of inequality, they can.